Veulettes-sur-Mer

Veulettes-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Veulettes-sur-Mer
A general view of Veulettes-sur-Mer
Coat of arms
Location of Veulettes-sur-Mer
Veulettes-sur-Mer
Veulettes-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°50′52″N 0°35′49″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
IntercommunalityCC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Françoise Guillot
Area
1
4.71 km2 (1.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
275
  Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76736 /76450
Elevation0–81 m (0–266 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A tourism and farming village situated on the coast of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux, some 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D79 and the D271. The Durdent river flows to the sea here through the pebble beach (the longest in the department at 2 km) and huge chalk cliffs which rise up to face the sea .

Heraldry

Arms of Veulettes-sur-Mer
The arms of Veulettes-sur-Mer are blazoned :
Azure, in fess 2 roses Or and in pale a crescent and a heart with a cross on top argent (those 4 charges in a lozenge formation), and in chief a label argent.

Population

Historical population of Veulettes-sur-Mer
Year19621968197519821990199920062016
Population439363342369299296336277
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The cliffs of Veulettes
  • The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • The cliffs.

People

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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